Something Hanging
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Something Hanging
Hey,
Thanks for the help, got my windshield wiper thing installed, so...yay.
Anyway, uh...I have a weird hose. It's attatched to a circular plate which is in turn attached to my distributor. Any ideas? It's just hanging there, never noticed it before.
Thanks
Thanks for the help, got my windshield wiper thing installed, so...yay.
Anyway, uh...I have a weird hose. It's attatched to a circular plate which is in turn attached to my distributor. Any ideas? It's just hanging there, never noticed it before.
Thanks
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That circular plate is the vacuum advance for your distributor. It changes the timing of your dizzy as you rev up. If you have the stock 2bbl carb, the hose should plug into a little brass hose fitting sticking out of the passengers side of the carb. I don't know where it goes on a 4bbl.
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Hey,
It makes a weird popping sound when I accelerate now...
Should the hose fit over something or inside of the fitting? It's attached to something on the passenger side, sticking out of the carb
It makes a weird popping sound when I accelerate now...
Should the hose fit over something or inside of the fitting? It's attached to something on the passenger side, sticking out of the carb
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Two. Yeah, but mine is like 3/4 of an inch long sticking out of the side, about 1/8" (the same diameter as you stated). Fits right over, but it now makes a popping sound...no problems actually running though.
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Sounds like you got it hooked up right. Is the popping a backfire? If so it could be timing, or too rich a mixture. It could be a whole slew of things.
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You need a timing gun to set/check your timing. You can have a mechanic do it pretty cheap I think. You can take it to one of those Tunex type places and they analyze if for about $50 and tell you what it needs.
Keep your head up. Everyone sucks at cars until they learn how to fix the problem. I only know what I do cause I've done it wrong enough times that my only option was to finally get it right. Everyone will make life mistakes. But if you learn from them you start to stop sucking. I coach kids sports and one thing I notice with new kids is that they're always afraid to try something new because they don't want to do it wrong. I tell them that is the purpose of holding practices. If we do it wrong enough times we're bound to get it right eventually which is all that really matters, that you get it right eventually. Remember, it's not the "now" that matters, it's the journey to the "then". If you ain't getting it wrong, then you ain't never gonna get it right.
Keep your head up. Everyone sucks at cars until they learn how to fix the problem. I only know what I do cause I've done it wrong enough times that my only option was to finally get it right. Everyone will make life mistakes. But if you learn from them you start to stop sucking. I coach kids sports and one thing I notice with new kids is that they're always afraid to try something new because they don't want to do it wrong. I tell them that is the purpose of holding practices. If we do it wrong enough times we're bound to get it right eventually which is all that really matters, that you get it right eventually. Remember, it's not the "now" that matters, it's the journey to the "then". If you ain't getting it wrong, then you ain't never gonna get it right.
Last edited by qman; Apr 14, 2005 at 12:21 PM.